Monthly Archives: May 2010

I thought it would be fun to create a “vegetable container garden.” So I planted three radish seeds in a lovely red pot. Within two days, two of the radish seeds had sprouted (above shows close-up view of one of … Continue reading →

Here’s where we left off at the end of March – tadpoles growing within their eggs and leaving the gelatinous egg mass for the bigger pool surrounding them. Since then I have been watching these guys grow and attempting to … Continue reading →

I love fresh figs which I first tasted from a productive outdoor fig some years ago. I decided to plant a brown turkey fig in a sunny spot close to the house, protected from winter winds and in rather poor … Continue reading →

Check out the trellis I made with green limbs of black locust. It is wire-tied to some T-posts driven into the ground. Bentwood trellis work intrigues me and I wanted to apply it within my landscape. This trellis supports a … Continue reading →

A pair of bluebirds decided to build their nest, in a house located at the top of a grapevine post, in February. Later, they abandoned it for another house near the asparagus bed. Here they are (still courting in April) … Continue reading →

She’s back! I found a pink lady’s slipper in bloom today. She was hiding under limbs of a drooping laurel. Many years ago a friend spotted a number of these incredible flowers some distance up a slope from my house. … Continue reading →

Two different flowers are up and waving at me. I have not previously experienced either of these beauties which I planted last fall. The one above is a “Lion King dutch iris” while this next one is a “camassia ‘Blue … Continue reading →

Here is a close view of the Carolina allspice which I just planted in the new shade garden. Last week I purchased the shrubs after getting the information about which shrubs to buy. Then I spent several days clearing the … Continue reading →

I planted this Turk’s cap lily last fall. Recently, its buds have been growing and swelling. Then. . . . sproing! Yesterday it appeared in glorious color. The blooms are smallish and as of today there are three of them. … Continue reading →